2020 – Page 15 – World Justice News

Walter Lübcke: Man on trial admits to killing German politician

August 5, 2020 World Justice News 0

A man on trial in Germany for the murder of pro-migrant Christian Democrat politician Walter Lübcke has told the court he fired the fatal shot. Far-right sympathiser Stephan Ernst previously admitted to killing Lübcke, but […]

Twitter hack teen’s court hearing ‘Zoombombed’ with porn

August 5, 2020 World Justice News 0

A court hearing for the Florida teenager accused of being behind last month’s major Twitter hack was interrupted with pornography. The hearing took place over video chat app Zoom, but had to be suspended after […]

Zhang Yuhuan: Chinese court clears man of murder after 27 years in prison

August 5, 2020 World Justice News 0

A man in eastern China has been acquitted of murder and freed after spending 27 years in prison. Zhang Yuhuan maintained he was tortured by police and forced to confess to the murder of two […]

Duchess of Sussex allowed to keep friends’ identities secret

August 5, 2020 World Justice News 0

The Duchess of Sussex has been allowed keep the names of five friends who gave an interview about her secret in her case against the Mail on Sunday. Mr Justice Warby said she had won […]

Esther Salas case: Judge Salas calls for protecting judges’ privacy

August 3, 2020 World Justice News 0

A female judge whose son was killed by an “anti-feminist” lawyer has called for protecting the privacy of federal judges in her first public comments. “This monster knew where I lived…and had a complete dossier […]

Wisbech man police feared had been killed found hiding in wood after five years

August 3, 2020 World Justice News 0

A man police feared may have been murdered has been found hiding in a wood, five years after he disappeared. Ricardas Puisys, then 35, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, was last seen at his workplace in September […]

PC Andrew Harper’s teenage killers jailed

July 31, 2020 World Justice News 0

The killers of a police officer who was dragged to his death behind their getaway car have been jailed. PC Andrew Harper died when he suffered catastrophic injuries as his ankles got caught in a […]

Pakistan blasphemy: Gunman shoots accused dead in court

July 29, 2020 World Justice News 0

A man accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has been shot dead in a courtroom during his trial in the northern city of Peshawar. He had been facing charges for allegedly claiming to be a prophet. […]

Najib Razak: Former Malaysian PM guilty on all charges in corruption trial

July 28, 2020 World Justice News 0

Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak has been found guilty of all seven charges in the first of several multi-million dollar corruption trials. He had pleaded not guilty to the charges of criminal breach of trust, […]

Chinese students in Australia targeted in virtual kidnapping scam

July 27, 2020 World Justice News 0

Chinese students in Sydney are being targeted in a kidnapping scam forcing them to pay massive ransoms to fraudsters, Australian police say. In many cases, blackmailed students were forced to stage their own kidnapping and […]

Canada

Canadian ‘online poison seller’ Kenneth Law to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’

April 19, 2026 0

A Canadian chef accused of supplying deadly substances to people around the world who have taken their own lives will have murder charges dropped as part of a plea deal, his lawyer has said. Kenneth […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]

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Year: 2020

Walter Lübcke: Man on trial admits to killing German politician

Twitter hack teen’s court hearing ‘Zoombombed’ with porn

Zhang Yuhuan: Chinese court clears man of murder after 27 years in prison

Duchess of Sussex allowed to keep friends’ identities secret

Esther Salas case: Judge Salas calls for protecting judges’ privacy

Wisbech man police feared had been killed found hiding in wood after five years

PC Andrew Harper’s teenage killers jailed

Pakistan blasphemy: Gunman shoots accused dead in court

Najib Razak: Former Malaysian PM guilty on all charges in corruption trial

Chinese students in Australia targeted in virtual kidnapping scam